Encasing stand for a multiple loose leaf block



April 23, 1957 R. J. JEANNIN 2,789,336

- ENCASING STAND FOR A MULTIPLE LOOSE LEAF BLOCK Filed May 4, 1953 Fig.1 I

5 I INVENTOR RAYMOND JEAN JEANNIN AT ORNEY United States Patent ENCASING STAND FOR A MULTIPLE LOOSE LEAF BLOCK Raymond Jean Jeannin, Paris, France Application May 4, 1953, Serial No. 352,957 Claims priority, application France September 23, 1952 1 Claim. (Cl. 28144) The present invention is related to stands for multiple loose leaf block in which perforated leaves may be tilted from the front to the rear around hoops fixed upon a bot tom plate, of the type known for calender blocks.

The present invention has for its object to improve the construction of such stands for use therewith memorandum blocks or writting pads, which may have indicia on their leaves and upon which may be written on both sides notes of any kind with the leaf lying in a practically flat position so as to permit a convenient position of the hand of the writer.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example only, and not of limitation, one embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the case stand as seen from the front;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the case, some sheets being shown during the course of pivoting from front to rear to rest on the cover.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, the cover being open for retracting the sheets which were laid on it;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rear of the device with one sheet being placed on the cover.

A substantially horizontal bottom plate g has upright side walls h and i and a pair of upright hoops a each having a rounded upper end i also has legs k mounted on said plate. Said legs extend through the perforated leaves b-d so that they may rest on the front of said stand to be written upon on their side b and tilted afterwards so as to lie on the cover 0 when the latter is in its closed po- Patented Apr. 23, 1957 sition whereby the leaf may then be written upon its side d. The cover 0 is a plate bent at a right angle and pivoted to the rear edge of said side walls, so that it forms the end wall of the receptacle while in its closed position.

In order to permit writing upon the side d of a tilted leaf lying upon the closed cover plate, the rounded ends of the hoops a are at a level with said cover plate when in its closed position and said hoops partially extend into notches I cut in the front edge of said cover plate. Knobs e are fixed to the side edges of the cover plate 0 and adapted to extend into notches f of said side walls of the stand to support the free end of said cover and permit the outward swinging of said cover to open the receptacle permitting leaves thereon to drop to said bottom plate when leaves are to be stored therein.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

.An encasing stand for a series of loose leaves comprising a bottom plate, a pair of upright side walls each connected to a side of said bottom plate and having a notch provided in the medial portion of the upper edge thereof, a series of loose leaves having openings in one marginal edge portion thereof and stacked on said bottom plate, a pair of upright hoops having rounded upper ends, said hoops having legs extending through said leaf openings and mounted on the medial portion of said bottom plate for guiding said leafs when being turned between said side walls, an angular cover plate pivotally connected to and between said side walls providing an end wall for said stand and a writing support spaced above a portion of said bottom plate, knobs extending from said cover plate each for engaging the notch in one of said side walls for supporting said cover plate spaced above said bottom plate whereby leaves turned on said hoops from said stacked series will lie on said cover plate for being written on and permitted to drop to said bottom upon the pivoting of said cover plate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 805,678 Smith Nov. 28, 1905 941,719 Mahon Nov. 30, 1909 1,580,770 Welcker Apr. 13, 1926 1,712,302 Harris May 7, 1929 

